SQLite syntax error near “CREATE TABLE”

Question

Here\'s my code:

    String CREATE_DATABASE = \"CREATE TABLE \" + TABLE_NAME + \"(\"  + 
            KEY_ID + \" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, \" + 
                


        

Answer 1

Try this code in your onCreate method.

1. Remove AUTOINCREMENT for KEY_ID as it is already declared as Primary KEY.
2. Remove ";" you placed just after the last bracket in string i.e. second last semicolon in string CREATE_DATABASE.
3. Remove db.close() from oncreate()

Code To Replace: String CREATE_DATABASE = "CREATE TABLE "+TABLE_NAME+ " ( "+KEY_ID+" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, "+KEY_TITLE+"TEXT, "+KEY_AUTHOR+"TEXT, "+KEY_STATE+"TEXT )"; db.execSQL(CREATE_DATABASE);

Answer 2

In SQLite, a column declared integer primary key will auto increment, so try removing that:

String CREATE_DATABASE = "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_NAME + "("  + 
        KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, " + 
        "title TEXT, "+
        "author TEXT, "+
        "state TEXT);";

See this answer for reference.

Answer 3

The CREATE TABLE syntax is all right as you've posted it.

I suspect there's a non-breaking space (ASCII 0xA0) between CREATE and TABLE. Replace it with the regular space (ASCII 0x20). That would explain the syntax error you posted: parser is treating CREATE TABLE as a single unknown token and not as two separate known tokens CREATE and TABLE.

What is definitely wrong is that you call db.close() on the SQLiteDatabase db passed in as a parameter to your function. You should only close databases you opened yourself and closing it this way will lead to an exception, albeit a different one.